Gravel In-Season

• Prepares you for long gravel races like Mid-South, Unbound & more!
• Designed to have you ready to peak for your "A Race"

This six week periodized training plan is specific to long gravel races like the Mid-South , Belgian Waffle Ride, Lost and Found, Unbound, and Gravel Worlds. Each week centers around a looooong gravel 'simulation' ride on Saturday. You'll start with a field test to set your training zones with the included FasCat Wattage and Heart Rate Zones Sheet. Choose the "hilly' option for a course that has a lot of climbing or choose 'flat' for one without.

There are even tips on nutrition & hydration that you can practice on these simulation rides! Since Gravel Races are usually super hard, long events we recommend building as big a 'base' (high CTL) as you can beforehand with our sweet spot plans. Choose our 16 weeks of sweet spot plan if you have 16 weeks to train prior to beginning your gravel plan for the 6 weeks that leads into your race. Or if you have less that 16 weeks consider pairing our six week sweet spot plans beforehand: Sweet Spot Part 1, Sweet Spot Part 2 and Sweet Spot Part 3.

For a more custom training solution that includes a custom training plan design, regular coaching feedback Hire a FasCat Coach! We will waive the $99 start up fee if you have previously bought a plan. 

• This plan will put you on the start line prepared to crush some massive climbs!
• Tempo, SS & Threshold intervals during the week + group rides and/or harder efforts on the weekend

Whether it's Strava PR's or a race with some serious vertical gain, this six week climbing training plan will put you on the start line well prepared. You'll start with a 20min Field Test to set your Functional Threshold Power and Heart Rate in the included FasCat Zones Sheet, then use your training zones to ride just hard enough to get faster & stronger without burning out so you can go hard again the next day! That means lots of Tempo and Sweet Spot as well as Threshold intervals during the week and group rides or other harder efforts on the weekends. 

• Includes simulation rides to test your endurance, equipment, pacing + your nutrition and hydration
• Advanced aerobic endurance training during the week

Steamboat Gravel is going to be a tough race! With expected finishing times 8 plus hours you'll want to put the time in the saddle but have a plan in place to be smart about your recovery. On Saturdays, gravel simulation rides will test out your endurance, equipment, your pacing your nutrition and hydration as Coach Frank and Jackson have podcasted about.

Mid-week you'll complete shorter rides concentrating on advanced aerobic endurance (sweet spot > tempo > zone 2). Consider following the Gravel Plan if you are beyond 8 weeks out! And our sweet spot plans if you want to begin your training Jan - March because this six week plan officially begins July 5th, 2022!

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• Prepares you to CRUSH the Tushar Crusher this upcoming July
• Includes Sweet Spot, Threshold, VO2 work, and Simulation Rides
  

Choose between a basic, intermediate or advanced plan depending on how much time you have to train, your age and ability then get to work! Consider following the Climbing Plan if you are beyond 8 weeks out! And our sweet spot plans if you want to begin your training Jan - March because this six week plan officially begins June 1st, 2021!

This 6-week training plan is designed by the 2013 Amateur Winner & 13th overall finisher with a time of 4:51:12, Frank Overton, owner and founder of FasCat Coaching. Frank has applied his own training & experience from 4 years of competition plus coaching athletes for the Crusher in the Tushar and applied it to this training plan.